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Child marriage is a formal union where one or both of the parties are under 18 years old. In many places around the world, marriage under the age of 18 is part of a culturally accepted norm, and about 10% of the global population has been married before their 18th birthday. However, in certain cases, child marriage can amount to slavery. At Freedom United, we use these indicators to help determine when child marriage constitutes slavery: a child has not genuinely given